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Golf & Game | South Africa | Cape Town |
| Our longer self drive golf tour starting in Cape Town offers relaxing golf on some of the top courses in the Cape and KwaZulu Natal, followed by superb game-viewing and it ends with a flourish at Sun City. Green fees for 11 rounds, booked tee-off times and a full itinerary are all included. We stay in luxurious accommodation using our top golfing hotels, where appropriate. |
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| Meals |
As text - Bed & Breakfast on 14 nights and Full Board & Game Drives on 2 nights |
| Accommodation |
Luxury - country golf hotels, private game reserves and 5 star hotels |
| Departure Dates |
On request |
| Transport |
Group B rental car and luxury VW microbus with Air-conditioning for transfers |
| Price Includes |
Meals and accommodation as shown in text, Group B car rental, transfers as in text, golf fees for 11 rounds |
| Price Excludes |
International flights, visas, items of a personal nature, meals not specified |
| Minimum Number |
2 |
| Climate |
Varied - Mediterranean in the Cape (hot dry summers, cooler winters), temperate and sub-tropical in KwaZulu Natal |
| Best time to go |
Suitable all year round |
| Health Requirements |
Anti-Malarial precautions recommended for northern KwaZulu Natal. Sunblock essential. |
| Combines well with |
Victoria Falls
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| Other Ideas |
This tour can also be under-taken on an escorted basis with a minimum of 4 people in the party.
Contact us for a price. |
| Notes |
Daily flights from London to Cape Town with SAA or BA from £560 including taxes. Tour includes 11 rounds golf at pre-booked times. Extra is additional golf, pro-golf lessons or rounds |
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 Day 1 : Arrive Cape Town, 3 nights, Steenberg Hotel & Wine Estate. Bed & Breakfast
On arrival at the Cape Town airport you collect your Group B rental car and drive to the Steenberg Hotel. You spend three nights at the beautiful Steenberg Hotel, situated on an historic wine farm and golf estate in the beautiful Constantia Valley. This afternoon you may like to play an optional round of golf on the 18 hole course at Steenberg.
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Day 2 : Day at leisure
Day at leisure to enjoy sight-seeing in and around the city of Cape Town. You may like to play an optional game of golf on one of Cape Town's many courses such as lovelly, scenically one of the best courses on the Peninsula. The lovely colonial clubhouse enjoys a slightly elevated position above the course, which takes full advantage of its coastal setting - note the deep sand dunes, which encroach upon the fairways. It has more undulations than others and wind also plays a significant factor.
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Day 3 : Golf at the Royal Cape
This morning you have a round of golf booked at the 18 hole golf course of the Royal Cape. The oldest club in South Africa founded in 1885, the Royal Cape has a sense of history and tradition. It lies in the shadow of Table Mountain and has a flattish parkland layout. The afternoon is at leisure for sightseeing and relaxing.
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Day 4 : Golf at Milnerton Links, 2 nights, Erinvale Golf Estate & Hotel, Winelands. Bed & Breakfast
This morning you enjoy a round of golf at Milnerton before leaving for the Winelands. Milnerton is one of only two true links courses in South Africa with superb views of Table Mountain across the bay, especially from the 19th hole. Afterwards you continue to the Winelands, an area of exquisite beauty with rocky mountains overlooking green vineyards. Oak avenues lead to elegant Cape Dutch wine estates and some of the most charming towns and villages in South Africa. Erinvale Hotel offers superior accommodation also around an original Cape Dutch homestead.
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Day 5 : Golf at Erinvale
This morning you enjoy a round of golf on the Erinvale Golf course. This American-style parkland course was designed by Gary Player. The course has two distinctly different nine holes to challenge the enthusiastic golfer. The setting is stunning with the Hottentot Holland mountains as a backdrop. Again water and bunkers feature heavily with the additional challenge of the gradients! It has a driving range, putting green and chipping green for practice.
After the golf you have the rest of the day at leisure to explore the Winelands - perhaps visit Stellenbosch and one of the smaller wine estates for some wine-tasting.
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Day 6 : Golf at Arabella Golf Estate, 1 night, Western Cape Hotel, near Hermanus. Bed & Breakfast
Today you take the scenic coastal road towards the cosmopolitan former fishing village of Hermanus, which boasts some of the finest land-based whale-watching in the world from August to November, as well as spectacular mountain scenery and lovely sandy beaches for swimming and surfing. You stay overnight at the immaculate Western Cape Hotel set in the Arabella Golf Estate. You enjoy a round of golf this afternoon. The sweeping grandeur of the mountains & lagoon backdrop complements the design of this 18 hole championship course. The Altira Spa and Wellness Centre also offers superb treatments as well as sauna, steam room, brine pool, gym, Jacuzzi and hydro-pool.
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Day 7 : Continue to Garden Route for afternoon golf, 3 nights, Fancourt Hotel, George. Bed & Breakfast
Today you continue through the rolling wheatfields of the Overberg to George and the Fancourt Country Club where you spend three nights. Enjoy a round of golf at Fancourt this afternoon. The Garden Route thoroughly deserves its reputation for enchanting beauty. This region, between Mossel Bay and the Storms River, offers a spectacular coastline of dramatic headlands giving way to white sandy beaches.
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Day 8 : Day at leisure
Today is at leisure. we recommend touring the lovely Plettenberg Bay, a chic resort with lovely wide sandy beaches perfect for swimming and body-surfing. Perhaps take a walk in the nearby Robberg Nature Reserve or a river cruise up the Keurbooms River. Nearby lies the Tsitsikamma Forest, an area of indigenous forest, with rugged ravines and waterfalls where you can take walks of varying lengths. Keen golfers would have time to get in an optional twilight game of nine holes if they so wish.
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Day 9 : Golf at Pezula and afternoon at leisure around Knysna
Today you drive to Knysna to enjoy a round of golf at Pezula Golf Estate, which has a spectacular setting on the top of the Knysna Heads with views of the Indian Ocean, the Knysna Lagoon and the surrounding Outeniqua mountains. Afterwards you have the rest of the day at leisure to explore the attractive little town of Knysna on the edge of the glorious Knysna lagoon. Perhaps take a boat cruise on the lagoon followed by some time to browse in the many arts and craft shops, or alternatively enjoy a few Knysna oysters besides the lagoon.
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Day 10 : Golf at Fancourt. Fly to Durban, 3 nights Zimbali Lodge, Dolphin Coast. Bed & Breakfast
After breakfast you enjoy a final game of golf before dropping off your rental car at George Airport i time for your domestic flight to Durban. On arrival at the Durban airport you collect a rental car and drive to the exclusive Zimbali Lodge, on the Natal North Coast (40 mins drive). Zimbali is rapidly becoming the finest golfing hotel on the North Coast. This exclusive hotel of 76 rooms offers magnificent views to the sea and superb decor combining African and Asian influences. The course descends from the hotel down the valley to the Indian Ocean.
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Day 11 : Golf at Zimbali and afternoon at leisure
This morning you enjoy a game of golf at Zimbali followed by an afternoon at leisure. You might like to visit Durban with its lovely waterfront and enticing Indian Quarter. Alternatively the Dolphin Coast is an ideal base for swimming, relaxing and simply enjoying the excellent seafood cuisine of KwaZulu Natal. A tour of the Natal Shark Centre is also a fascinating diversion.
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Day 12 : Morning at leisure with afternoon golf at Mount Edgecombe.
This morning is at leisure - perhaps to enjoy the many facilities at Zimbali: laze around the pool, have a back massage or some reflexology in the beauty spa, enjoy a game of tennis or perhaps walk down to the private beach. This afternoon you enjoy a round of golf at Mount Edgecombe estate.
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Day 13 : 2 nights, Phinda Forest Lodge, Phinda Game Reserve. Full Board & Game Drives
This morning you travel north to the large and varied Phinda Resource Reserve, which lies between the rich game-viewing terrain of the Umfolozi-Hluhluwe National Park and the lovely St Lucia wetlands area. This reserve boasts five different eco-systems and rangers whose enthusiasm for eco-tourism and conservation knows no bounds. Dine around the boma under the African night sky. There is also a wide variety of activities on offer; game walks, canoeing, boats trips, scuba diving and beach trips. Spend two nights at the Phinda Forest Lodge.
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Day 14 : Game viewing at Phinda. Full Board & Game Drives
The following morning as the animals rise early, to hunt in the cool of the day, you will generally take your game drive immediately after early morning tea and coffee. The drive finishes in time for a late breakfast which will be keenly appreciated after your early morning activity. After breakfast if you wish, you can go on a guided walk into the bush with a ranger, or you can simply relax around the lodge during the heat of the day. The pattern for the rest of the day is similar to the day before with lunch and a late afternoon game drive. This might be mixed with a river cruise if you wish.
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Day 15 : Flight to Johannesburg, 2 nights, Palace of the Lost City. Bed & Breakfast
After your final game drive and breakfast you drive to Richards Bay airport for your flight to Johannesburg. On arrival you are transferred to the Palace of the Lost City hotel, set in an ancient volcanic crater two hours from Johannesburg. The opulent Palace Hotel is considered one of the finest hotels in Africa. The sheer scale of the hotel is complemented by the extraordinary craftsmanship seen in this exquisitely decorated ?mansion?, with handcrafted mosaics, frescoes, ornate ceilings and elegant bronze and stone sculptures. The 338 air-conditioned rooms have a contemporary African-Eastern style with hand-carved furnishings, luxurious bathroom, TV, telephone and minibar. The gardens are lush with rain forests, waterfalls and pools.
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Day 16 : Golf at the Lost City course and time at leisure. Bed & Breakfast
Enjoy a round of golf on the Palace of the Lost City course, the first of two golf courses that you’ll enjoy whilst staying here. The rest of the day is at leisure to enjoy the resort or take a game drive in the Pilanesburg Game Reserve. The resort offers numerous attractions such as extravaganza shows, theatre and a variety of casinos. How about taking a dip at the inland beach or braving the 'Temple of Courage’ water rides? Health spas, tennis, squash, horse riding, all kinds of water sports are all available. The natural bushveld of the Pilanesberg Game Reserve surrounding Sun City offers malaria-free game viewing in open-top 4x4 vehicles.
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 Day 17 : Golf at the Gary Player Sun City course and transfer to Johannesburg airport
A final round of golf on the superb Sun City golf course. This Gary Player-designed Golf Course is the most difficult of the two courses here and home to the Million Dollar challenge. Later you will be collected by our guide for your road transfer to the Johannesburg airport.
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31 Aug 2008
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30 Sep 2008
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31 Oct 2008
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| Per person sharing |
ZAR R 35,700 |
ZAR R 37,750 |
ZAR R 43,350 |
| Prices may be based
on current exchange rates and are subject to change prior to booking. |
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